Patty Hankins

Family portrait from 1898 - man on left wearing a suit, in the center is their child wearing a white gown, on the right, woman wearing a white dress

My grandfather, Francis William Hankins, and his parents, William Lucas Hankins and Mary Jane Kellam. Photo likely taken in 1898 (he was born in Sept 1897) in Auburn, New York

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A young woman in a pink sleeveless dress form the 1960s - it has embroidered flowers down the front. She has dark shoulder length hair and has a big summer floppy hat on her head

Haley McKey

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I reading it last year - totally agree about recommending it

Julieanne Kost's Blog | Introduction to Prompting in Adobe Firefly In this Introduction to Prompting with Adobe Firefly, Julieanne shares a simple framework to help you turn your ideas into clear prompts for generative AI. You’ll see how giving specific, thoughtful d...

I generally don't like most AI transformations of historic photos, especially into videos. But I am impressed with how Julianne Kost suggests using AI to help create prompts for use in Firefly. Kost clearly tells Firefly what to do, what to change, and what NOT to change.

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This looks like a great event from The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society - NYG&B - just registered. I've got farmers, blacksmiths, ministers and a vaudeville performer in my tree!

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My great grandmother, Mary Jane Kellam. Likely taken in 1875-1876 (she was born in Sept 1874)

Photo taken by at the Vail Brothers' Studio in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York

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Image for a blog post - photocopy of a photograph of an old man at a desk - with the words - John Call meets Nano-Banana

I was able to create an image using Google Gemini 3/Nano Banana that helps me know what my ggg grandfather John Call may have looked like based on a small photocopy of a photo

I wrote about how I did it on my substack at pattyhankins.substack.com/p/john-call-...

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Thank you

Tintype photograph of a woman with her hair pulled back in a bun, wearing a black dress with white collar, and three necklaces - one has a cross

Gem tintype (1 1/4 X 1 3/4 inches) of my great-great grandmother Frances Maria Shafer (1846-1924). Likely from the 1860s or 1870s.

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A red haired model in a blue dress sleeping in a large crescent moon against a green backdrop

Moonlight Dreams

Model: Ivory Flame

Photographed remotely from England to Maryland

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Portrait of a man with a long beard wearing a suite jacket, vest and pants.

My great great grandfather - John Ross Kellam - photo likely taken about 1863-1864 in New York City based on the style of the carte de viste and info I could find about the photographer

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#Genealogy #Photography #FamilyHistory #NewYork

Thanks. I'm so lucky to have all these photos passed down through the family. My goal now - digitize and share as many as I can!

I love it when people use the photos. I don’t care about credit. There are some ancestors I have no photos of - I’d love it if someone posted one just so I could see it. I always hope that people find the photos I post, especially if they are their ancestors/relatives!

This is not normal.

Head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a black dress from the 1890s

Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush - photo probably taken between November 1894 and April 1896 when the photographer G.E. Priest had a studio in Tully, Onondaga County, New York.

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#Genealogy #Photography #Tully #NewYork

Cabinet Card portrait of a woman in a black dress with white collar sitting in a chair

Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush - photographed by Addison Delevan Harding in Susquehanna, PA - likely in the mid-1870s

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Portrait of a woman with dark hair wearing a plaid dress with white lace collar

Angeline Elizabeth (Hankins) Johnson. Her husband, Charles Akers Johnson, was a career Army officer, serving at at Fort Robinson in Nebraska and Vancouver Barracks in Washington Territory. Photo likely taken in the 1870s

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Thank you

Portrait from the 1870s-1880s of a woman leaning on a pedastal. She is wearing a dark dress with a fancy white collar.

Rebecca Thomas Hankins (1835-1918) - my great great grandfather's sister. Rebecca was a school teacher. She never married.

Photo dates from between 1872 and 1885 - when the photographer Sighi had a studio in Binghamton.

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Welcome If you’re like me and have hundreds (OK, maybe thousands) of family photos sitting in boxes, bags, and albums and you’re wondering how to share them with your family, you’re in the right place.

As I've been digitizing and editing my family photos, I've been wanting to write about how I do it. Figured not everyone wants to all the family photos I post to my blog

So I've started a substack
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Portrait of a young man from the 1880s wearing a 3 piece suit, he is leaning on a chair

Photograph of Howard Ross Hankins taken in Owego, Tioga County, New York. The dark background for the cabinet card dates it from 1884-1895. Newspaper accounts connect him with Tioga County between 1885 and 1890.

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A little girl with a groundhog on a family farm

A little girl with a groundhog on a family farm

A little girl with a groundhog on a family farm

Happy Groundhog Day!

Because doesn't everyone's family photo collection include photos a groundhogs????

Photos taken in 1911 in Stafford, Genesee, New York

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Photograph of a family - man, boy, and woman - standing in front of a white picket fence in front of a large house. Likely taken in the early 1880s in Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Lucas Wurtz Hankins (my gg grandfather), William Lucas Hankins (my g grandfather) and Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins (my gg grandmother)

Likely taken in the early 1880s in Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

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Photograph of 4 women, 3 men taken in 1894. All the siblings are between their 40s and 60s. The women are wearing black dresses, the men suites.

Children of John Hankins and Susan Thomas. Photo taken in 1894 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York

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A group of African American baseball players walking along a path in front of a car. Many of the players are wearing plaid coats. Photo is labeled The Cuban Giants

The Cuban Giants (a Negro League Baseball Team) - photo from a family photo album. Likely taken 7 August 1913 at Perry, Wyoming County, New York

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#Baseball #CubanGiants #Photography #Genealogy #NewYork

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Register for Family History Hill Day on 15 April 2026 The Records Preservation and Access Coalition brings together genealogy and family history advocates from across the country. Join us for our annual advocacy day on Capitol Hill on 15 April 2026.  …

Join fellow genealogists in Washington DC on 15 April 2026 for Family History Hill Day when we advocate for NARA funding.

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A group of young women on a ladder climbing a telephone pole

A group of young Men on a ladder climbing a telephone pole

So apparently what my grandmother, her brother and their friends did for fun in 1913 was climb telephone poles . . .

Photo was taken at Silver Lake, Wyoming County, New York

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Pinks and blues in the sky reflected in water

Just a quiet moment of peace and beauty after a very stressful week.

Bodie Island Sunrise Reflection

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